Results 14,021-14,040 of 33,025 for speaker:Catherine Connolly
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: That is the theory. On the ground in a crisis people have to come up with money out of their own pockets. Government policy the officials are implementing is actively pushing prices continually upwards and nobody can get accommodation. We know from the reports that they are finding it difficult.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: The system is created for unsustainability. It is maintaining the crisis and lack of tenure. Galway has any amount of land zoned for residential development, public land and State land. There is no masterplan. There are the docks, Ceannt station, Dyke Road and 115 acres out at the airport. There is no masterplan to look at that in terms of public housing. We have one agency after...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: Mr. McCarthy clarified that a person comes off the waiting list when he or she secures HAP accommodation. What rights do persons in HAP accommodation have? They will be adequately housed and will have moved off the waiting list. In Galway, they may have been waiting for a local authority house since 2002. When their turn comes for an allocation, they are offered a HAP tenancy. Once they...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: They are in a HAP tenancy but every time the allocation section comes up, all the people on the transfer list are considered for a local authority house.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: I might come back to Mr. McCarthy on that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: I thank the witnesses for being here all day. I often think that if a section of the private sector was subjected to the same scrutiny we would have a much better country. Are we dealing with chapter 4 now?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: Our role concerns governance and ensuring procedures are in place. I started this morning by asking questions about the other chapter, and the witnesses gave me assurances on it. Is it correct to say that the Local Government Audit Service audits each of the 31 local authorities?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: Are there enough staff in that office? Some €2.1 billion has been allocated to the local authorities from the Exchequer. What is the oversight here? What is the staff situation with the internal audit service? Are there vacancies?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: What is the full complement necessary to carry out the work properly?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: The Department recruits people from outside.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: A body of work needs to be done with all 31 local authorities. Is there a plan of work each year?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: Is the record in this area good? We often see delays but it is improving, as we saw in the VEC sector. Is there a problem with accounts being done on time by local authorities?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: What is the worst and what is the best?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: That is, October of the same year.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: Are there any emerging issues?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: What common issues are emerging?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: Did any issues arise relating to internal audit in local authorities in 2018?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: And they would be brought to the attention of councillors in due course.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: I understand that and we get this every week. Are the processes working? Are there enough staff in place? What are the common issues, if any, that are emerging year after year? The issue of procurement arises at each of our weekly meetings. It is a serious issue if internal audit has a lack of staff or other resources. Can Ms Maguire state that the 31 local authorities are okay with...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: I know that. Are they sufficiently resourced?